Selina Lo, president and CEO of Ruckus Wireless said, “On a smartphone, a user will be able to experience speeds of anywhere from two to three Megabits per second. This is easily three to four times faster than any other public network service,”

Over the past year, Ruckus and its integration partner, SmartWAVE Technologies, have been providing Smart Wi-Fi equipment and ongoing technical and engineering support.

Google worked with Boingo this year to provide free Wi-Fi at more than 4,000 hotspots across America as part of a collaboration with Google Play. The Google sponsored Boingo Wi-Fi locations include 15 airports, such as New York’s John F. Kennedy, Chicago O’Hare and Seattle-Tacoma, Boingo-enabled Manhattan subway stations, and thousands of hotels, shopping malls, cafés and recreational areas.

Citywide WiFi, which former SF Mayor Gavin Newsom proposed in 2007, has yet to come to fruition. A proposed deal between the city, Earthlink and Google collapsed as did most big city WiFi network plans at the time. The cost of coverage for city-wide WiFi ballooned to $100K per square mile as the popularity of inexpensive consumer WiFi took off and raised the noise floor. In addition, carrier-funded 4G service became available which offered extended range and seamless roaming.